Kenya vs Southern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Kenya
380,110 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
172,829 ha
in 2024
Kenya rank
28th
Southern Africa rank
28th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Kenya
  • Southern Africa
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 380,110 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 207,281 ha.

That makes Kenya's figure about 2.2 times Southern Africa's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 191 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 114,644 ha 90,935 ha 23,709 ha Kenya
1970s 146,372 ha 95,260 ha 51,113 ha Kenya
1980s 172,130 ha 117,002 ha 55,128 ha Kenya
1990s 184,191 ha 124,851 ha 59,340 ha Kenya
2000s 251,212 ha 133,668 ha 117,545 ha Kenya
2010s 281,308 ha 160,418 ha 120,890 ha Kenya
2020s 350,178 ha 175,468 ha 174,709 ha Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Kenya or Southern Africa?
Kenya, at 380,110 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Kenya and Southern Africa?
207,281 ha, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Southern Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Kenya ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,936 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.